diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts b/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts
index 169dd2ec6b3d09ce8dc7d3bb85e0af43fc45b857..1165c9467008b9ada4ebad0f7a3747bf40d9d38e 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const createEnvLocalFile = async (
 
   switch (opts?.vectorDb) {
     case "mongo": {
+      content += `# For generating a connection URI, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/guides/atlas/connection-string\n`;
       content += `MONGO_URI=\n`;
       content += `MONGODB_DATABASE=\n`;
       content += `MONGODB_VECTORS=\n`;
diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/types/simple/fastapi/pyproject.toml b/packages/create-llama/templates/types/simple/fastapi/pyproject.toml
index f9bb9605b78f53417fd9f61e9e03812fdc21047e..a563ffbfd3bce508bf9fc287dc11940404f4ab85 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/types/simple/fastapi/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/types/simple/fastapi/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ uvicorn = { extras = ["standard"], version = "^0.23.2" }
 llama-index = "^0.9.19"
 pypdf = "^3.17.0"
 python-dotenv = "^1.0.0"
+pymongo = "^4.6.1"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/types/streaming/fastapi/pyproject.toml b/packages/create-llama/templates/types/streaming/fastapi/pyproject.toml
index f9bb9605b78f53417fd9f61e9e03812fdc21047e..a563ffbfd3bce508bf9fc287dc11940404f4ab85 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/types/streaming/fastapi/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/types/streaming/fastapi/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ uvicorn = { extras = ["standard"], version = "^0.23.2" }
 llama-index = "^0.9.19"
 pypdf = "^3.17.0"
 python-dotenv = "^1.0.0"
+pymongo = "^4.6.1"
 
 
 [build-system]